⇮ recommended Unmentionable: The Victorian Lady's Guide to Sex, Marriage, and Manners to read ⩆ ePUB By Therese Oneill ⫶ Hysterically funny and unsettlingly fascinating This book is full of awesome.Jenny Lawson, 1 New York Times bestselling author of Let s Pretend This Never Happened and Furiously HappyIf UNMENTIONABLE does not secure the Pulitzer Prize for Most Fascinating Book Ever, the whole gig is rigged Hilarious, horrifying, shocking and revelatory, this book is for every girl who pictured herself running through a field of wildflowers in a silk dress and Little House on the Prairie boots, only to discover she has nits in her hair, her clothes have never been washed and she sleeps with her poop under her bed in a bowl A miracle of a book and one of my favorite reads ever, UNMENTIONABLE will be my go to gift this year All hail Therese Oneill for uncovering all of that dirty, dirty laundry.Laurie Notaro, 1 New York Times bestselling author of It Looked Different on the Model and HousebrokenOneill uncovers the filthy, untidy, licentious conditions of nineteenth century women s lives that novelists of the period often glossed overbrilliantly conveyed with fascinating illustrations.ElleFlat out hysterical and occasionally alarming Read it and be very, very glad you re a woman of modern times.Good HousekeepingIt s hard to imagine a woman or a teenage girl who won t love this book.Caitlin Flanagan, Washington PostA fascinating look into the shocking pseudoscience of the 1800s, in which Oneill sheds new light on the origins of today s misogyny, double standards, and just plain mystery surrounding women that, maddeningly enough, persist.BooklistTherese Oneill lifts the veil on those romantic notions about olden times to unearth some pretty horrifying truths about hygiene, sex, menstruation, and beauty in the 19th century What results is a positively hysterical romp through 19th century womanhood.BustleRich with information that will amuse and sometimes horrify the playful application of language makes the horrendous plight of Victorian women palatable to modern audiences Oneill succeeds in making otherwise dry information the proper order of eating utensils, the development of modern sanitation sparkle.The GuardianIt s clear in every page of Unmentionable that Oneill has done her research on what the Victorian lady was expected to tackle, from dinner party etiquette to arsenic as skin care the vagaries of courtship, running a household, and taking a bath fall under a modern and distinctly snarky lens.NPR.orgIf you ve ever felt like you should have been born in another time, Unmentionable will disabuse you of that sensibility, and it will do so charmingly Focused on all the trappings of 19th century womanhood from wacky olde products perambulating umbrella cases, scary looking birth controls methods to what one could expect on her wedding night the book transmits a wealth of historical research in a cheerfully tongue in cheek tone and an impressive collection of archival photos.Vice BroadlyAlthough it s nonfiction, Oneill writes from the perspective of an all knowing, slightly cheeky Victorian woman giving guidance to the contemporary woman The result is a thoroughly researched but hilarious look into daily life of the Victorian woman.The MillionsA down and dirty perusal of the realities of hygiene and womanhood in the Victorian era The truth behind slimming corsets, virtuous nuptials, and strict morals is sometimes shocking, occasionally alarming, but always funny with Oneill s wry commentary.Library Journal, Editors Fall PickA quick, hilarious romp through the gritty unmentionable details that literature fails to discuss those of the most intimate nature Oneill s delight in her subject is endearing She delivers even the most disturbing facts, like how drinking wells and sewage were placed close to each other, in entertaining ways Yet Oneill s stories are not without depth Throughout Unmentionable, she notes how far feminism and related movements have come from the constrictions of Victorian ideologies.Shelf Awareness Therese Oneill lives in Oregon and writes humor and rare history articles for many different popular outlets, including Mental Floss, The Week, The Atlantic, and Jezebel She lives with her husband and children near Portland She can be found online at www.writerthereseoneill.com where she runs a popular history and narrative blog. 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Unmentionable: The Victorian Lady's Guide to Sex, Marriage, and Manners